Caroline Patton and Ashraf Ali smile easily as they reflect on their motivation to attend Transform 2016.
Patton and Ali were among 24 Health Administration students from Auburn University attending the conference, held from Sept. 14 -16 at Mayo Civic Center...

Post Written By Guest Blogger, Siobhan Bulfin, Founder and CEO of Melon Health, a Mayo Techstars++ company
Bladder cancer is the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the US, with over 75,000 new cases diagnosed in the US annually. Bladder cancer...

Post Written by UMR Writing Intern Megan Zimmerman
Mayo Clinic’s Center for Innovation (CFI) is dedicated to the idea that healthcare is at its best when it is designed to meet the needs of their patient. This idea is called human-centered...

Post Written by Guest Blogger Nancy Cappello, Ph.D.
Being the architect of legislation to include a patient’s dense breast tissue, the strongest predictor of mammography missing cancer, in the patient’s mammography reporting results, I am compelled to respond to a recent study in JAMA: “Study...

Post Written by Guest Blogger Susan Mazer
Reposted with permission from author. Article originally found on Huffington Post.
Healthcare is working at being “more compassionate.” Hospital administrators in the U.S. are strategizing on how to build compassion into their operations in ways...

Post Written by Guest Blogger Stephanie Habif
As I prepare for the birth of my second child, I feel incredibly grateful that I have access to hospital practitioners who honor and respect my birth plan. To be able to talk with...

Post Written By Guest Blogger, Dana Lewis
Our friend Anna McCollister-Slipp first alerted us to the proposed draft guidance recently released from the FDA, covering medical device interoperability. (You can read the draft guidance linked here.) We were subsequently among those asked by Amy...

Post Written by Guest Blogger Joseph Babaian, M.B.A.
They say that if we want the foundation of what matters, look toward the truths of childhood. I agree! Dr. Seuss is one of my standbys for distilling things down to the essence...

Post Written By Guest Blogger, Kathy Kastner
Which came first: hospitals or patients?
Although filled to the brim with patients, hospitals were created to support doctors, not us patients. Historically, their organizational structure focused on doctors’ needs and doctors’ requirements. The concept...

Post Written By Guest Blogger, Renee' Herman
I had a patient recently (a male in his late 60’s), whose treatment plan includes taking 83 pills a week! Pills he cannot easily afford and often neglects to take. I met with him...